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Ron Wolf­son

Ron Wolf­son, Ph.D., is Fin­ger­hut Pro­fes­sor of Edu­ca­tion at the Amer­i­can Jew­ish Uni­ver­si­ty in Los Ange­les. He is the author of The Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty of Wel­com­ing: How to Trans­form Your Con­gre­ga­tion into a Sacred Com­mu­ni­ty and God’s To-Do List: 103 Ways to Be an Angel and Do God’s Work on Earth (both Jew­ish Lights Pub­lish­ing). Ron is also co-founder and pres­i­dent of Syn­a­gogue 3000, a nation­al insti­tute for cat­alyz­ing excel­lence in syn­a­gogue life.
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The Best Boy in the Unit­ed States Of Amer­i­ca: A Mem­oir of Bless­ings and Kisses
Ron Wolf­son
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Rela­tion­al Judaism: Using the Pow­er of Rela­tion­ships to Trans­form the Jew­ish Community
Dr. Ron Wolfson
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Chil­dren’s
Be Like God: God’s To-Do List For Kids
Dr. Ron Wolfson
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God’s To-Do List: 103 Ways to be an Angel and do God’s Work on Earth
Dr. Ron Wolfson
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The Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty of Wel­com­ing: How to Trans­form Your Con­gre­ga­tion into a Sacred Community
Dr. Ron Wolfson
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Chil­dren’s
What You Will See Inside a Synagogue
Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman; Dr. Ron Wolfson; photos by Bill Aron
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Shab­bat: The Fam­i­ly Guide to Prepar­ing for and Wel­com­ing the Sabbath
Dr. Ron Wolfson
Essay

What’s a Book?

Dr. Ron Wolf­son is Fin­ger­hut Pro­fes­sor of Edu­ca­tion, Amer­i­can Jew­ish Uni­ver­si­ty. His new book, The Best Boy in the Unit­ed States of Amer­i­ca: A Mem­oir of…
Ron Wolf­son
October 16, 2015
Essay

Dr. Ron Wolf­son on Cut­ting-Edge Work in the Jew­ish Community

Dr. Ron Wolf­son, vision­ary edu­ca­tor and inspi­ra­tional speak­er, is Fin­ger­hut Pro­fes­sor of Edu­ca­tion at Amer­i­can Jew­ish Uni­ver­si­ty in Los Ange­les and…
Ron Wolf­son
May 2, 2013
Essay

Dr. Ron Wolf­son on the Future of Jew­ish Institutions

Dr. Ron Wolf­son, vision­ary edu­ca­tor and inspi­ra­tional speak­er, is Fin­ger­hut Pro­fes­sor of Edu­ca­tion at Amer­i­can Jew­ish Uni­ver­si­ty in Los Ange­les and…
Ron Wolf­son
April 30, 2013
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A Covenant of Dreams: Real­iz­ing the Promise of Jew­ish Education
Diane Tickton Schuster, ed; Zion Ozeri, photographs; Pearl Gluck, filmaker
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Inter­view: Ron Wolfson

with Cathy Suss­manJew­ish Book Coun­cil sat down with Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty leader, edu­ca­tor, and author Ron Wolf­son to dis­cuss The Best Boy in the Unit­ed States of…
Cathy Suss­man
December 4, 2015

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